Control Arduino-Powered Blinds With An Alexa Voice Command

Weve previously coveredhow cool automatic blinds are.

And we knowthe Amazon Echo is pretty awesome.

This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds.

DIY hacker Yavin0427 demonstrates the sweet setup in the video above.

This trick uses an Arduino and a few servos to control three sets of blinds.

To connect to the Amazon Echo, he useda SmartThings Arduino shield.

This allows you to connect SmartThings devices to Alexaas a Hub Service.

Automating Blinds with an arduino and some servos.| YouTube viaAndroid Police